Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 798 Blocking
There was a little confusion when the army left the camp.

Taking advantage of people's inattention, Xiao Fu found a follower and whispered a few words.With the understanding, he pretended to pack his things first, and then took an opportunity to quietly leave the camp.

But he was unlucky, and bumped into a group of people just after he left the camp.

"Who are you?" Kang Yanxiao pointed his horsewhip and asked condescendingly.

"I am Zheng Mu, the driving officer of the battalion. I was ordered by General Zhang Shensi to go to Bozhou Zuoying to deliver orders."

Zhang Shensi is the envoy of formation, and the garrison and rotation of each army is really under his control.But at this time, it's not impossible to pass orders to a village garrisoned by Xiangyong, but you don't even have a horse.

Kang Yanxiao looked at him carefully for a while, and when Zheng Mu's heart was trembling, he nodded and said, "Hurry up and come back."

"Obey." Zheng Mu hurried away as if he had been pardoned.

Kang Yanxiao quickly caught up with the large army.

There are dark figures everywhere on the wide post road.They walked in a hurry, walking very fast, there was an uncontrollable tension in their expressions, and at the same time, there was a sense of joy.The battle is finally over, and everyone can finally go home.

There was nothing particularly heavy on the carriage.Withdrawing the troops and running away, we must not take all the pots and pans with us.Occasionally, some grain carts passed by, but the interior of the cart was full.

The draft animal held a pen in its mouth, looking a little irritable.The drivers carefully paid attention to the state of the mules, for fear that they would go crazy.

Not many Rangers were dispersed.They won't go very far, just make sure no enemies suddenly touch you.

Kang Yanxiao looked left and right, and suddenly doubted whether he was doing the right thing.

From Daying to Xuzhou, it only took three days.

Three days, to put it bluntly, what is enough to do?Xia Jun may have just built the pontoon bridge, and the brigade began to cross the river.Even if they were a little nimbler and had already crossed the river, so what?Kuang Weijun has already gone to Xuzhou.

Kang Yanxiao thought silently while receiving the news from the scouts.

In fact, it doesn't matter, if Xia Jun didn't stop them, they would have successfully fled back to Bianzhou.If you stop it, just keep an eye on Xiao Fu, this person must have a way.

Old Xiao really knows how to act, and he doesn't know when he got on the thief ship.It is heard that Shao Shude has a very close relationship with the Xiao family, and there are Xiao's female servants by his side, and Xiao Fu is also from Lanling Xiao's Nanliang house, so the problem should lie here.

Shao Shude is going to win the world, so it seems understandable for Lao Xiao to vote.But the Xiao family should not be able to produce a queen. This magical family specially cultivates wives and concubines for heroes from all walks of life, which is also very powerful.Maybe in a few years, the Xiao family will be able to train another queen in the new dynasty, who knows for sure.

"Stop and rest for half an hour." Ling Qi rode past and issued an order loudly.

The sergeants, who had been running for two hours at a stretch, breathed a sigh of relief and sat down on the ground one after another.

Some military officers came to distribute drinking water and food, and everyone seized the time to eat.

Kang Yanxiao searched silently for a long time, and finally saw Xiao Fu who was sitting on the side.

Xiao Fuan sat there, neither sad nor happy, calm and calm.If people who don't know the inside story see it, they really have to praise him for not being surprised.

Sitting next to Xiao Fu were two military academy officers, both of whom were auxiliary officers guarding grain, equipment and various supplies all the year round.Judging by the way they whispered, Xiao Fu's win over was pretty good.

Kang Yanxiao sneered, and sat down to eat the cake.

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Li Tangbin received the news on the morning of the first day of May.

Xiao Fu's envoy found a mule from nowhere, and hid a small boat in the reed marshes. After strenuously rowing across the river, they went straight to Xia Jun's camp.Well, luckily, he was caught by Rangers, but he was not injured.

Can this news be believed?If it is a trap, if the army crosses the river and is attacked halfway, the loss will be relatively large.

But Xiao Fu was not an ordinary person, and Li Tangbin had no hesitation when he heard people from Wang Si and Datong Maxing as his guarantor.

What's more, he also had some doubts in his heart.Last night, two scouts got lost on the other side of the river and failed to come back. This shows that the Liang people have been patrolling the river bank very closely and diligently recently, which in itself reflects some facts.

"Here's an order, the strategic army selects a battalion of soldiers, prepares the ships, and waits for our military order." Li Tangbin ordered.

"Obey." Guan Kairun left the tent and went to make arrangements.

Crossing the river by boat is more dangerous and chaotic, and the traffic volume is still very low, not as good as the pontoon bridge.So it's all about taking a risk.If the enemy army on the other side has few soldiers, it will be no problem, but if there are more soldiers, then the fun will be great.They gathered on the river beach in a chaotic manner, and were directly driven into the river by a wave of people, where they fed the fish and turtles.

Li Tangbin rushed to the bank of the river with his entourage.

Some rangers have already crossed the river to the other side, and they chose open places, far away from the enemy camp.According to the rhythm of the two sides' offense and defense in the past, at this time, Liang Jun's rangers will go back to report, and immediately a group of sergeants from the nearest will line up and prepare to fight.

But after Xia Jun rode ashore, he did not meet Liang Jun's companions.

The generals behind Li Tangbin talked a lot, and everyone could tell that the main force of the Liang people on the other side was gone.Otherwise, why this?

Li Tangbin still stood there without issuing any orders.

The cavalry began to gather in twos and threes, and after a while, dozens of cavalry gathered together, and under the leadership of the officer, they moved towards Liang Jun's camp.

Li Tangbin got on his horse and went straight to the south.A group of people followed suit and galloped along the river bank.

The ranger touched the camp where the Kuangwei army was stationed.

There were many flags and banners in the camp of the bandits, and there were sergeants on duty on the wall, and even the sergeants who went out to collect firewood were as usual, without any abnormality.

The rangers greeted and rushed towards the bandit soldiers.But seeing that dozens of people immediately formed a circle around the carriage, with bows, knives, guns and lances already in their hands, they were well-trained and cooperated tacitly, how could they look like auxiliary soldiers or civilian husbands?
The Rangers stopped outside the Liang Bing chariot formation, not in a hurry to attack.

The thieves didn't move, they stared at each other.

After waiting for half an hour, there was no movement in Liang Jun's camp.It stands to reason that there should be sergeants coming out of the camp to drive these rangers away.

But no, nothing.

The team turned their heads to give a few words, and soon several riders left, rushed to the bank of the river, and took out the flag to signal.

"Crack!" Li Tangbin clapped his fists and shouted, "Guan Kairun!"

"The end is here!" Guan Kairun pushed his horse over from behind.

"Cross the river!"

"As ordered!"

The order was issued quickly, and the five hundred soldiers who had been prepared a long time ago put on their armor and boarded the boat, and rowed towards the opposite bank.

"Build the floating bridge immediately." Li Tangbin ordered again.

Soon, the drums in the camp were rumbling.A large group of auxiliary soldiers rushed out, followed by many craftsmen and sailors, preparing to build the pontoon bridge.

If you count the other two pontoon bridges that started construction upstream and downstream yesterday, this time the Xia army will have three pontoon bridges to pass troops and chase the thieves.

The [-] soldiers of the Economic Strategy Army arrived on the other side of the river in two batches, and there was no one to stop them.

The sailors rowed back and began to pick up soldiers from the second and third battalions.

There is no doubt that the Kuangwei army has retreated, it should be what happened last night.

The courier quickly left the camp and ran to various places separately.

Li Tangbin's order was very clear: scout out the situation on the other side, and if the thieves have retreated, cross the river immediately, as much as possible.

******
The people in Changshe County were mobilized urgently, logging, transporting, and digging trenches were busy.

This place is located in Xiwuli, Changshe County. On the left side of the post road are criss-cross ditches and fields, and on the right side are villages and woods.

The auxiliary soldiers of the Wuwei Army demolished all the houses, and the bricks, stones and wood they obtained were used to build camps.

King Xia's highest instruction: set up a stronghold in the right place.Lu Huaizhong, the envoy of the Wuwei Army, did not dare to neglect, and personally supervised.

"Zhuge Liang of Shu came out of Qishan Mountain, Wei sent Zhang He to supervise the army, and refused to send Ma Su to the street pavilion. Di blocked the Nanshan Mountain by the side, and could not go down to occupy the city. He cut off his draw, attacked, and smashed it." Lu Huaizhong rode a horse ten shoulders high. The horse with more than four palms pointed to the camp that was about to be completed, and said: "There was a better place before, but there was no water, so I didn't take it. You should keep it in mind."

Those who followed him were teenagers, Lu Huaizhong's nephew.For the great cause of King Xia, for the peace of the world, Lu Huaizhong is also working hard, and has already taken his nephew to the expedition.

"I set up this stronghold as a road. If bandits come, they can't go around them." Lu Huaizhong said again: "The art of war says, 'Don't stop when you return to your division'. The bandits are eager to go home. At this time, I will not fight, and let him insult and provoke, and we will fight like this for several days. The bandits are afraid of the pursuers, so they will attack the stronghold together. As long as we block his most fierce attack, the bandits will be defeated."

"Grandpa, so what if we fight in the field?" the eldest son Lu Jingrong asked.

After finishing speaking, he was a little unconvinced, and said: "In the past, Zhang Ren was willing to build three surrendered cities to defend against the Turks. He did not place the urn city and the tools of the enemy's battle style, and encouraged the soldiers to defeat the enemy in the field. Our generation should admire this brave man and kill the enemy in battle. Die without regret."

Lu Huaizhong laughed out loud.If it weren't for the many books he had read over the years, he would have been tested by his son.

He knows it.After Zhang Ren was willing to build the three surrendered cities, he was asked why he didn't build the urn city, and why didn't he prepare all kinds of equipment that would be useful for defending the city?

Zhang Renyuan replied: "The most important thing for soldiers is to attack, and it is not suitable to retreat. If there are bandits, they should fight together. Looking back at Wangcheng, you still have to kill them. What is the use of defense? You have the heart to retreat."

It means that a warrior must have the spirit of taking the initiative to attack and not always think about defense.When the enemy comes, let's go out of the city and fight with them.Anyone who dares to look back at the city will be killed with a single blow.You have prepared the urn city and all kinds of defense equipment, which instead makes the soldiers think of retreating.

Later, when Chang Yuankai was in charge of the Shuofang Army, he remodeled the Sanshou surrendered city so that it had an urn city.Because of this incident, people at that time compared him with Zhang Renyuan. After discussing it, everyone respected Zhang Renyuan's bravery and despised Chang Yuankai. Probably because of this ethos.

"Is it a coward for you to be grandpa?" Lu Huaizhong said deliberately.

Lu Jingrong repeatedly said he didn't dare, but looking at his face, he was still very unconvinced.

Lu Huaizhong was not angry but happy.A young man should have this kind of brave spirit that is not afraid of death, and have the courage to take the initiative to attack the superior enemy.Even after getting older, this kind of arrogance gradually wears off, there will always be a lot left.Wude is the most precious thing for every martial artist, and it is the biggest reliance for them to eat this bowl of rice.

"You think I dare not fight the bandits?" Lu Huaizhong sighed, and said, "If it were any other battle, I would have raised my knife to kill people. But this time is different. I can't afford to lose, and the king doesn't want to see it." An accident happened. Pang Shigu must die! His tens of thousands of people must be wiped out! There must be no accidents."

After hearing this, Lu Jingrong understood his father's painstaking efforts, and immediately saluted and apologized.

Lu Huaizhong stroked his shoulder in satisfaction, and said, "Go and see the camp."

The regulation of the camp is not small, it has far exceeded the post road, and has crowded out the nearby villages and farmland.

After the trench was dug, the bottom was one foot and two feet wide, the mouth was one foot and five feet wide, and the depth was one foot.The trench wall on the inside of the trench has also been piled up, and the peasants are compacting it hard.

Some people laid barbed caltrops in the trench walls, and the trenches were filled with iron picks, which looked very scary.

A little farther away, there are auxiliary soldiers camouflaging pits and arranging obstacles such as carbine-repelling guns-repelling carbine guns can not only prevent cavalry, but also hinder infantry from advancing.

Another day's work and it's almost all done.The Wuwei army has nine thousand sons, all of whom are capable soldiers who are used to fighting.Pang Shigu wanted to go there, but he had no choice but to step on their corpses.

(End of this chapter)